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ask kathleen sebelius. it is wednesday, november 6th, and this is "now." >>> this morning hhs secretary kathleen sebelius returned to her own private haites on the hill. >> user are receiving far fewer error messages. we are making progress, but there's still a lot of work to do. >> still, the progress was not enough to spare the secretary from the panel's republican inquisition, including senator hatch, who berated sebelius for her cavalier attitude and issued a presumably nonironic invitation to appear before the committee every month for the next six months. >> there is a long track record of broken promises and untruthful answers to both this committee and the american people with respect to how this law should work or would work and the impact it would have. >> the president promised if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. again, millions of americans are finding out they can't keep their doctor. >> to protect the administration, you chose to ignore these warnings, and as a result you have p
ask kathleen sebelius. it is wednesday, november 6th, and this is "now." >>> this morning hhs secretary kathleen sebelius returned to her own private haites on the hill. >> user are receiving far fewer error messages. we are making progress, but there's still a lot of work to do. >> still, the progress was not enough to spare the secretary from the panel's republican inquisition, including senator hatch, who berated sebelius for her cavalier attitude and issued a...
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kathleen sebelius is returning to capitol hill today. she will get fresh questioning from senators addressing growing concerns not only about implementation but the law itself. it included a senior administrator involving the implementation. they says the site is able to process nearly 10's of thousands of registrants per hour with almost no errors. >> they can review and compare plans without registering for an account. this functionality was not working well in the days leading up to it so we opted to prioritize work on the application process instead. >> remember we learned many couldn't keep their health plan? is jay carney was thrilled by reporters yesterday. he says the president can go back in time and he is focused on getting it right for the american people. he also encouraged approximately 6 million people without health insurance to sign up. back to you. >> elizabeth prann live for us. a decision on whether kennedy's cousin michael skakel will get jail. he is scheduled to hear arguments on whether he will get authority to rele
kathleen sebelius is returning to capitol hill today. she will get fresh questioning from senators addressing growing concerns not only about implementation but the law itself. it included a senior administrator involving the implementation. they says the site is able to process nearly 10's of thousands of registrants per hour with almost no errors. >> they can review and compare plans without registering for an account. this functionality was not working well in the days leading up to it...
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as kathleen sebelius is put on the hot seat once again. >> sebelius admits the government needs to fix hundreds of problems with the web site which raises the question can it really be fixed by the end of the month? no background checks. felons could have been hired giving them access to personal information. enrollment is quote, very low. elizabeth prann is live to tell us what all of this means. >> during her testimony she said it is better than it was in october. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius htod lawmakers the government is working to fix what see says is problems. th enrollment extensions they want to change. oo p oo juwhy can keep limping along why not shut it down and put it together in the way it should be put together? many have pointed out that your one off fixes tend to have unintended consequences down the road. >> while sebelius responded there's not much to gain in doing so. we heard similar rhetoric from the president during his stop at the lone star state yesterday. there he pushed the benefits. he voiced his own frustrations and said the web sit
as kathleen sebelius is put on the hot seat once again. >> sebelius admits the government needs to fix hundreds of problems with the web site which raises the question can it really be fixed by the end of the month? no background checks. felons could have been hired giving them access to personal information. enrollment is quote, very low. elizabeth prann is live to tell us what all of this means. >> during her testimony she said it is better than it was in october. health and human...
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i think jeremy is right, kathleen sebelius is safe. the white house is not interested in ceremonial firings. they need to get through the website fix, come back and reassess later. kathleen sebelius was in charge, but was there a ceo of health care? that's part of the question. there is nobody whose been accountable from start to finish for overseeing the implementation of this. >> there was a part of the interview where it was kind of clear he felt he got totally screwed over by his staff, team and the people behind it. he said i got taken by it. i mean the american people got taken by the website. i forget what the word was but it was burned. thank you, tower. i got burned. it was telling. he's not happy. it shouldn't have happened. >> and the buck stops with him. >> so, he quickly fixed it. in terms of what he was saying. itis not about him being burned, it's about him being responsible and he knows that. he's not happy. mitch mcconnell is speaking out about the tea party. in a recent interview with peggy noon noon noonan, he said t
i think jeremy is right, kathleen sebelius is safe. the white house is not interested in ceremonial firings. they need to get through the website fix, come back and reassess later. kathleen sebelius was in charge, but was there a ceo of health care? that's part of the question. there is nobody whose been accountable from start to finish for overseeing the implementation of this. >> there was a part of the interview where it was kind of clear he felt he got totally screwed over by his...
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health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius just addressed this. fox business's rich edson is in washington sorting this all out. rich, what is the reaction? >> it is predictable from republicans and democrats, at least there is interest. 27 million people according to health and human services logged on to the website but only 106,000 managed to complete applications. we don't know if the applications went all the way tip surers and we don't know how many are young, healthy people that are needed to make the system work and pay premiums. 106,000 you mentioned. only 27 of those 106,000 come from the federal exchanges. rest come from the state exchanges. 975,000 made it through the application process but did not select a insurance plan. the republicans say they're inflated. they're using amazon analogy. a number of people may have put them in shopping carts online but not necessarily went through and paid for them this is from the ways and means committee chairman dave camp, these early enrollment numbers are inflated to include those just shopping
health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius just addressed this. fox business's rich edson is in washington sorting this all out. rich, what is the reaction? >> it is predictable from republicans and democrats, at least there is interest. 27 million people according to health and human services logged on to the website but only 106,000 managed to complete applications. we don't know if the applications went all the way tip surers and we don't know how many are young, healthy...
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hhs secretary kathleen sebelius and the obama administration continued to sell obamacare. numbers are released showing dismal enrollment figures. hours later the secretary ys in memphis at an enrollment center refusing to say whether the numbers are accurate. only that the administration has yet to establish an enormous number because the problems of this -- problems with the system >> i don't know what members were gathered and where they came from. federal and roman or state enrollment. we will be giving comprehensive figures about nationwide enrollment into is in the federal marketplace, who is that the state level once a month. we will give people reliable and permission and that then be able to count on it. >> reporter: secretary kathleen sebelius says the administration will first release those numbers by the end of the month. gerri: a federal appeals court striking down the birth control mandate in obamacare. what other ramifications? >> it upheld that challenge requiring employer-sponsored plans to provide birth control. a decision. the supreme court will ultimatel
hhs secretary kathleen sebelius and the obama administration continued to sell obamacare. numbers are released showing dismal enrollment figures. hours later the secretary ys in memphis at an enrollment center refusing to say whether the numbers are accurate. only that the administration has yet to establish an enormous number because the problems of this -- problems with the system >> i don't know what members were gathered and where they came from. federal and roman or state enrollment....
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the health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius testifying. jim, let me start with you over at the white house. how concerned is the obama administration right now that the affordable care act launch potentially could hurt democrats at polls going forward? >> well i think it's a very interesting question, wolf. you said by all accounts. everybody agrees that this hurt terry mcauliffe in the final stretch. but i would say there's one quarter of washington where they don't agree with that assessment. and that is here at the white house, a top official here at the white house who is basically in charge of the obama care effort or one of the folks in charge of the obama care effort, david simms, he tweeted out sort of a defense of the white house and of obama care. pushing back against the notion that it hurt terry mcauliffe in the final stretch of the campaign. wath to put the tweet onscreen. this one of the few folks pushing back. fact, candidate who ran against the aca, the affordable care act, in the midst of the national media attack. lost th
the health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius testifying. jim, let me start with you over at the white house. how concerned is the obama administration right now that the affordable care act launch potentially could hurt democrats at polls going forward? >> well i think it's a very interesting question, wolf. you said by all accounts. everybody agrees that this hurt terry mcauliffe in the final stretch. but i would say there's one quarter of washington where they don't agree...
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health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was back on capitol hill. libby casey is in washington for us, libby, the senate, hello, is supposed to be safe territory for the democrats, but that was not the case today. >> reporter: that's right, tony, and it started right off the bat. the committee chairman, democrat of montana, is one of the main architects of the healthcare law. he warned if the i amer implementation of this law was not handled well it could be a train wreck. >> this is unacceptable. it has been disappointing to members of the administration to say that they didn't see the problems coming. secretary sebelius the last time you came before this committee i used two words to voice my concern about the law's implementation. since then my words have been used to twist and malign the affordable care act. make no mistake, i believe in this law. >> you hear democrats, including senate bacchus supporting the law but being disappointed in how this roll out has been handled. secretary sebelius said it's been a miserable five weeks since the healt
health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was back on capitol hill. libby casey is in washington for us, libby, the senate, hello, is supposed to be safe territory for the democrats, but that was not the case today. >> reporter: that's right, tony, and it started right off the bat. the committee chairman, democrat of montana, is one of the main architects of the healthcare law. he warned if the i amer implementation of this law was not handled well it could be a train wreck....
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>>> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius had a bad day on capitol hill, telling president obama kept his health care promise, that obama care is working while apologizing for the fact that it doesn't. i'm lou dobbs. >>> good evening, everybody. hhs secretary kathleen sebelius today testified before the house energy and commerce committee. on the disastrous obama carrollout. sebelius took responsibility for the website failure while making the outrageous claim that the website has actually never crashed. >> we were anxious to get the website up and running and functional, which we clearly have failed to do to date, although i would suggest the website has never crashed, it is functional but at a very slow speed and very low reliability and has continued to function. >> and at the very moment that sebelius made that statement, the healthcare.gov system was down. and it stayed down for the duration of the hearing. sebelius did offer an apology, and she told the committee to hold her accountable for the obama care failure. while insisting that the president did not lie when he
>>> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius had a bad day on capitol hill, telling president obama kept his health care promise, that obama care is working while apologizing for the fact that it doesn't. i'm lou dobbs. >>> good evening, everybody. hhs secretary kathleen sebelius today testified before the house energy and commerce committee. on the disastrous obama carrollout. sebelius took responsibility for the website failure while making the outrageous claim...
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in her testimony this week, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says the website's flaws make any early data unreliable. >> we do not have any reliable data around enrollment, which is why we haven't given it to date. >> reporter: her agency doesn't plan to issue its first report on enrollment figures until mid-november. but the first days overwhelmingly viewed as a disaster. a survey shows 80% of those polled have a negative impression of obama care implementation. just 14% say it's gone well, that the law has benefited them. but nearly one-quarter of americans say the affordable care act has caused them harm. steven portnoy, abc news, washington. >>> it's a major political headline overnight. did the president have second thoughts about joe biden. a new report claims the obama campaign thought of dumping biden for hillary clinton in the last election. bill daily says he did consider the idea. but decided it would not help the ticket. a top obama aide says there's no truth to the report. >>> america's most wanted fugitive has landed a job without any references fro
in her testimony this week, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says the website's flaws make any early data unreliable. >> we do not have any reliable data around enrollment, which is why we haven't given it to date. >> reporter: her agency doesn't plan to issue its first report on enrollment figures until mid-november. but the first days overwhelmingly viewed as a disaster. a survey shows 80% of those polled have a negative impression of obama care...
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he said do you have the full confidence of kathleen sebelius? he said, she didn't write the code. she would be the first to admit there would be a lot more questions asked. is she still the right person? he said the buck stops with me. if he were going to fire her, wouldn't it have already happened? >> no. we'll end up with a health care czar because they can't get b b somebody through the senate. they will let the whole rollout of disaster be her fault. after they are done they will launch her back to kansas and say, now meet this guy you have never heard of who is the new health czar because the evil republicans in the senate won't confirm our great choice. she needs to be there. if you're going to fire her, you have to keep her long enough to be to blame for everything. >> it's sick how things work in wash war. thank you. >> you bet. >> we are just getting started. the president's new effort to dig out from under the obama care scandal. >>> up next, he went on again repeatedly about the sub par policies. how the vast majority of policies being cancelled were sub par, lousy. is
he said do you have the full confidence of kathleen sebelius? he said, she didn't write the code. she would be the first to admit there would be a lot more questions asked. is she still the right person? he said the buck stops with me. if he were going to fire her, wouldn't it have already happened? >> no. we'll end up with a health care czar because they can't get b b somebody through the senate. they will let the whole rollout of disaster be her fault. after they are done they will...
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that would be the headline except a new problem seems to have come up as kathleen sebelius returned to capitol hill for yet another grilling, this time a security risk to users. breanna keeler is following developments, live at the white house this morning. >> reporter: it was another damaging appearance on the hill for hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. as president obama headed to the lone star state, that's right, but not a coincidence that he was in texas where a republican governor has blocked the expansion of medicaid under the obama care law. >> it is wonderful to see all of you. >> reporter: texas, not exactly friendly territory for obama care. but that's where president obama went to criticize republican opposition to his signature health care reform program. and promised its faulty website will soon be up and running. >> we are working overtime to get this fixed. and the website is already better than it was at the beginning of october. and by the end of this month we anticipate it is going to be working the way it is supposed to. >> reporter: back in the hot seat again, embatt
that would be the headline except a new problem seems to have come up as kathleen sebelius returned to capitol hill for yet another grilling, this time a security risk to users. breanna keeler is following developments, live at the white house this morning. >> reporter: it was another damaging appearance on the hill for hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. as president obama headed to the lone star state, that's right, but not a coincidence that he was in texas where a republican governor has...
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and he's one of the republicans already calling for health and human secretary, kathleen sebelius, to be fired over the website glitches, and now he's demanding answers on ep role. numbers through a subpoena. in a statement, he said: secretary sebelius insists that the enrollment numbers to the site are not reliable right now, and they will be released in mid november. right now, the site is up and running, accepting applications, al be it a little slow. >> the government is hiring some of the top tech companies, and they have recruited the largest software company, along with google and red hat and dozens of others. >>> edward snowden, offering to help germany in the suspected phone tapping of merkel. giving him a letter to give to the chancellor. he called the actions of the u.s. government harmful and offered to visit germany to help in its investigation. >> >> and meantime, john kerry has acknowledged that the u.s. overstepped it's boundaries. he defended the nsa's work, and he said that it was party that the agency had gone beyond what was necessary to keep the country safe >> in
and he's one of the republicans already calling for health and human secretary, kathleen sebelius, to be fired over the website glitches, and now he's demanding answers on ep role. numbers through a subpoena. in a statement, he said: secretary sebelius insists that the enrollment numbers to the site are not reliable right now, and they will be released in mid november. right now, the site is up and running, accepting applications, al be it a little slow. >> the government is hiring some...
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health and human secretary services kathleen sebelius said the site should be up and running bite end of the month. the republicans say it goes dealer than a troubled website? >> yes, when the number of people losing the health care plan system vastly greater than those signing up in the obama health care website there is a problem. dan coates challenged the president that people can cope their health care if they like it. >> tell that to the people in florida who received cancellation notices and 1 million californians that may see health insurance plans disappear and tell that to the tens of hoosiers in my state that see similar notices a ratifying in their mail boxes. >> even if the his honor company drops a plan they have to offer comprehensive plans that meet obama care standards. nlaw makers learned that we would have to wait until the middle of the month and now they came out and they are very low numbers. what is the white house saying today? >> only six people signed up for obama the first day the website went live according to documents released to the house over sight commi
health and human secretary services kathleen sebelius said the site should be up and running bite end of the month. the republicans say it goes dealer than a troubled website? >> yes, when the number of people losing the health care plan system vastly greater than those signing up in the obama health care website there is a problem. dan coates challenged the president that people can cope their health care if they like it. >> tell that to the people in florida who received...
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. >> the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius said that assurers have to cover addiction just as they do physical illnesses. >> later this morning. >> later this morning, we'll post the final parity rule. it will expand and protect behavioral health benefits for more than 62 million americans. this is the largest expansion of behavioral health coverage in a generation. >> the announcement of good news for the affordable care act law, but they're dealing with glitches, stopping americans from signing up for insurance coverage on the website. >>> it's one of the largest storms ever reported and it's battering the philippines and now moving to vietnam. landfall expected to reach 190 miles an hour. craig is live in hong kong, and what's the latest you're hearing from there? >> well, as you mentioned, it's completely devastated parts of the philippines. the strongest storm ever on the planet arguably at this stage. it hit the east coast, creating storm surges of 15 feet. this is in an area where there were many islands that a 3-foot storm surge would take over the beach comple
. >> the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius said that assurers have to cover addiction just as they do physical illnesses. >> later this morning. >> later this morning, we'll post the final parity rule. it will expand and protect behavioral health benefits for more than 62 million americans. this is the largest expansion of behavioral health coverage in a generation. >> the announcement of good news for the affordable care act law, but they're...
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you kathleen sebelius has just taken the chair. there's the chairman of the committee and he'll make an opening statement and kathleen sebelius will answer more questions. what in your mind is the point of this? haven't we heard enough from kathleen sebelius? >> when we're looking at the out of control cost of this, of the website, of the rollout, when they're looking at the cost to the consumer, when we're looking at the reduction of choice and options in the health care insurance marketplace, as i said, some like a red solo cup, some like a crystal stem, individuals want to be able to make these choices. and we're seeing a contraction of those choiceness the marketplace. oversight and the due diligence that we are doing is proper. we have been add it for a couple of years. we're going to stay at it. the american people do not want fewer choice and options. they want more. >> don't these hearings have to end and don't lawmakers have to sit down and fix things, come up with solutions? >> absolutely. >> you can sit and win an argume
you kathleen sebelius has just taken the chair. there's the chairman of the committee and he'll make an opening statement and kathleen sebelius will answer more questions. what in your mind is the point of this? haven't we heard enough from kathleen sebelius? >> when we're looking at the out of control cost of this, of the website, of the rollout, when they're looking at the cost to the consumer, when we're looking at the reduction of choice and options in the health care insurance...
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it wasn't kathleen sebelius. she clearly was not doing due diligence necessary or she was so committed to that deadline of october 1, no matter what, this thing is launching. so did childress share this with valerie jarrett at the white house or with any of his top staff? if he didn't, well, that's a problem, right? if did he, it's also a problem. so there is more dysfunction in this white house than i think we even know about now. >> you mentioned quarterback. what about general manager? listen to this one more time, november 14th, the president saying, i didn't know this was happening. totally taken off guard. take a listen. >> on the web site, i was not informed directly that the web site would not be working the way it was supposed to. had i been informed, i wouldn't be going out saying, boy, this is going to be great. you know, i'm accused of a lot of things, but i don't think i'm stupid enough to go around saying this is going to be like shopping on amazon or travelocity a week before the web site opens if
it wasn't kathleen sebelius. she clearly was not doing due diligence necessary or she was so committed to that deadline of october 1, no matter what, this thing is launching. so did childress share this with valerie jarrett at the white house or with any of his top staff? if he didn't, well, that's a problem, right? if did he, it's also a problem. so there is more dysfunction in this white house than i think we even know about now. >> you mentioned quarterback. what about general manager?...
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kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary, said even with web site problems, there's still "plenty of time" to enroll. we'll have highlights of her appearance later in the program. secretary of state john kerry scrambled today to revive stalled peace talks between israel and the palestinians. he met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and then palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank town of bethlehem. and he said israel's settlement building is a major stumbling block. >> we consider now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate. and i want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the palestinians in any way agree as a matter of going back to the talks that they somehow condone or accept the settlements. >> woodruff: netanyahu answered by accusing the palestinians of creating "artificial crises" to avoid facing tough decisions. >> anxious scientisteds have foundest that yasser arafat may have died of poisoning. al jazeera reported on the swiss team's testing of soil and bone samples taken from arafat's grave. it sai
kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary, said even with web site problems, there's still "plenty of time" to enroll. we'll have highlights of her appearance later in the program. secretary of state john kerry scrambled today to revive stalled peace talks between israel and the palestinians. he met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and then palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank town of bethlehem. and he said israel's settlement building...
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. >> this week, president obama apologized for the botched rollout and we waited to see if kathleen sebelius would resign yesterday and yesterday she came to the podium and said it was botched but getting better. isn't it time for her to go? >> i don't understd what the scination is to get her out. she charge of the policy. not the technology. >> juan, you watch football? you wtch baseball? you wah just about anywhere else, if the person i charge of the team and the team is failing, if they are in charge, don't you fire the coach at some point? >> at some point butt this point it hangs her out for no good reason and it wouldn't fix the probl. you said look at the average co according to kizer is going up. the fact curven terms of the healthcare spending nationally has gone down since 2010. i am thinking to myself that is something to say sebelius you are doing a good job he. >> stop it. >> even as a critic -- >> stop it. stop it. stop it. you know the cost curve is not going down. sts continue to rise. >> that is a fact. that is a fact. i know facts botr you guys. >> it's not that. i'll guar
. >> this week, president obama apologized for the botched rollout and we waited to see if kathleen sebelius would resign yesterday and yesterday she came to the podium and said it was botched but getting better. isn't it time for her to go? >> i don't understd what the scination is to get her out. she charge of the policy. not the technology. >> juan, you watch football? you wtch baseball? you wah just about anywhere else, if the person i charge of the team and the team is...
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but secretary kathleen sebelius is hdenyies she ignored the war. >> do you believe the system was delivered on october 1st? >> it was. >> it wasn't performed as well as we liked, and certainly had more glitches than we anticipated but we did deliver a system. >> do you think glitches is a proper to use to describe the roll out? >> i think there are problems. >> problems president obama obama admitted to. >> i think we under estimated building th the website to works it should. >> the president has hired outside help to fix it. erica ferrari, al jazeera. >> twitter says it now is going to be tougher to spy on its users. the micro blogging site said it has set up it's encryption standards. it's is enabling a technology for traffic that is going through its site. this is the latest effort to improve security after leaked nsa reports spying on digital content. >> meteorologist: well, if you stepped outside across the northeast you can see for yourself it's an absolutely beautiful day, brilliant high pressure meaning not many clouds in the skies, and plenty of sunshine to go around. however, bet
but secretary kathleen sebelius is hdenyies she ignored the war. >> do you believe the system was delivered on october 1st? >> it was. >> it wasn't performed as well as we liked, and certainly had more glitches than we anticipated but we did deliver a system. >> do you think glitches is a proper to use to describe the roll out? >> i think there are problems. >> problems president obama obama admitted to. >> i think we under estimated building th the...
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. >>> number five, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will be back on capitol hill wednesday for more obama care care testimony. last time she was in front of a house committee, this time in front of the senate finance committee. >>> in memphis friday, a tennessee state senator gave sebelius a copy of the book, you see it in her hand, websites for dummies. while the health care website is off to a shaky state, the online application is not available overnight. >>> meanwhile, a federal court takes a significant bite out of obama care. a three-judge panel struck down a key provision on mandatory contraception coverage logged in washington and barbara starr. barbara, what happened? walk us through this. good morning, by the way. >> yeah, good morning to you guys, too, down in atlanta. a provision of the affordable care act requires some businesses with 50 or more employees to provide insurance for birth control or pay a substantial fine. this federal appeals court decision has struck that down. what the court did is ruled the company that brought the suite could not be
. >>> number five, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will be back on capitol hill wednesday for more obama care care testimony. last time she was in front of a house committee, this time in front of the senate finance committee. >>> in memphis friday, a tennessee state senator gave sebelius a copy of the book, you see it in her hand, websites for dummies. while the health care website is off to a shaky state, the online application is not available...
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. >> during the interview, he responded to critics of hhs secretary, kathleen sebelius. >> under these difficult circumstances for the last four and a half years has done a great job in setting up the insurance markets so there is a good product out there for people to get. she doesn't write code. she wasn't the i.t. person. >> is she still the right person to do it? >> the buck stops with me. i'm the president. this is my team. if it's not working it's my job to get it fixed. >> the president said he assigned a team to close some of the gaps in the health care law to make it more efficient. house speaker john boehner responding to the president's interview saying quote, if the president is sincerely sorry he misled the american people, he can support this bipartisan effort otherwise the apology means nothing. keep your health plan act which allows people to keep plan that is existed on the market as of january 1st this year through 2014. >>> new jersey governor chris christie not doing anything to quiet the buzz about a presidential run. the man is all over the place. this weekend, he
. >> during the interview, he responded to critics of hhs secretary, kathleen sebelius. >> under these difficult circumstances for the last four and a half years has done a great job in setting up the insurance markets so there is a good product out there for people to get. she doesn't write code. she wasn't the i.t. person. >> is she still the right person to do it? >> the buck stops with me. i'm the president. this is my team. if it's not working it's my job to get it...
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embarrassing moment for hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. the secretary was touring obamacare sign up site and right before her eyes you guessed it healthcare.gov crashed. >> okay. >> it's going pretty smooth. >> that's good. >> so we are happy. >> i like to hear that. >> we all like to hear that. >> a lot better. >> temporarily down. >> uh-oh. >> that's okay. it will come back. you know, that happens every day. >> and hits keep coming as we just saw the obamacare problems don't stop. are these nonstop problems causing democrats to their breaking point. >> good to be with you. >> you voted against the healthcare bill but strongly in favor of reforming but just weren't crazy about the solution. >> i voted against the bill for a whole bunch of reasons, the mandatory upgrade that's resulting in the cancellation of millions of policies contrary to the president's promise that you if you liked what you you got you would get to keep it. >> did you know that at the time you voted for it. >> we had a vote on that in committee on that very issue. i w
embarrassing moment for hhs secretary kathleen sebelius. the secretary was touring obamacare sign up site and right before her eyes you guessed it healthcare.gov crashed. >> okay. >> it's going pretty smooth. >> that's good. >> so we are happy. >> i like to hear that. >> we all like to hear that. >> a lot better. >> temporarily down. >> uh-oh. >> that's okay. it will come back. you know, that happens every day. >> and hits keep...
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. >>> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was on the hot seat again on alcohol today. she fac ons capitol hill today. libby casey has more on what happened from washington. >> secretary sebelius met tough questions and criticism right from the start of today's senate finance committee hearing. the chairman is a democrat of montana and he is one of the chief architects of the health care law, so he has got a lot riding on its success. he actually warned secretary sebelius last sprirng that if its -- spring that if it implementation wasn't done correctly it would be a train wreck. >> this is unacceptable. it has been disappointing to hear members of the administration say they didn't see the problems coming. secretary sebelius, last time you came before this committee i used two words to voice my concerns about the law's implementation. since then, my words have been twifortetwisted and maligned the forecast. make no mistake i believe in this law. >> the secretary said there's no excuse for what she calls a miserable five weeks since the website healthcare.gov launched.
. >>> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was on the hot seat again on alcohol today. she fac ons capitol hill today. libby casey has more on what happened from washington. >> secretary sebelius met tough questions and criticism right from the start of today's senate finance committee hearing. the chairman is a democrat of montana and he is one of the chief architects of the health care law, so he has got a lot riding on its success. he actually warned secretary...
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let's talk about kathleen sebelius here. president obama once again saying he is sticking by her and she's done a great job of setting up the insurance marketplace. she is is going to be hitting the road promote beingiing obam. even if the republican senators got their wish and the president bagged her, there's little to no chance anyone else gets confirmed for that position. >> right, that's the strongest thing secretary sebelius has going for her right now. no one else would get through the senate. any secretary that he would appoint to health and human services would be implementing obama care and republicans in the senate don't like it. they are unlikely to confirm her. another factor is, i don't know who else would want her job right now. he's in a pretty tough spot. i think she's going to stick with. she's been there for four years and gotten the early parts of the law off the ground. there's no reason to think she's going to abandon it now when she's in trouble. >> what about this november 30th deadline? the president
let's talk about kathleen sebelius here. president obama once again saying he is sticking by her and she's done a great job of setting up the insurance marketplace. she is is going to be hitting the road promote beingiing obam. even if the republican senators got their wish and the president bagged her, there's little to no chance anyone else gets confirmed for that position. >> right, that's the strongest thing secretary sebelius has going for her right now. no one else would get through...
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kathleen sebelius is going to be up on capitol hill as well. she's going to sit down in front of the senate just about two hours from right now. you got to figure she will be -- the president is going to be in texas. nobody is going to be able to ask him any questions. but she will be able to be queeried by the senators and you got to figure out something that she'll be asked about is that whole promise, the promise the president made many times where if you like your healthcare, you can keep that. that turns out to have been a lie and once again, our own ed henry called the white house on that yesterday. didn't get much, but it was entertaining to watch. >> you can at least say that was not true, right? >> as i said last week, except that, you know, communications are challenging here. the president -- look, you have to remember that the affordable care act -- >> it's not true. >> you've been bashing the insurance companies saying they kick people off anyway. we knew that before the affordable care act kicked in. how did that get put in the pr
kathleen sebelius is going to be up on capitol hill as well. she's going to sit down in front of the senate just about two hours from right now. you got to figure she will be -- the president is going to be in texas. nobody is going to be able to ask him any questions. but she will be able to be queeried by the senators and you got to figure out something that she'll be asked about is that whole promise, the promise the president made many times where if you like your healthcare, you can keep...
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the hits keep on coming for the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. it died down a little bit. it felt like it but now gaining heat again on capitol hill. getting a tough grilling. what exactly happened there? >> well, she was pressed by senators throughout this hearing about the various problems with the website, the veracity of the president's comments when he said if you like your plarng you can keep it. republicans were accusing the administration of lying to the american people. at one point, the senator from north carolina was pressing sebelius on what the enrollment numbers will be like because of all the problems. and she acknowledged they won't be all that great. here's what she had to say. >> what is the october through the end of december target enrollment? >> senator, there are all kinds of different target enrollments. i think there was a memo internally that called for about a million people to be enrolled through december. but we're updating those targtss. i can tell you our early numbers will be very low. >> to give you a sense that pr
the hits keep on coming for the health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. it died down a little bit. it felt like it but now gaining heat again on capitol hill. getting a tough grilling. what exactly happened there? >> well, she was pressed by senators throughout this hearing about the various problems with the website, the veracity of the president's comments when he said if you like your plarng you can keep it. republicans were accusing the administration of lying to the...
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this time the health and human service secretary kathleen sebelius went before the senate finance committee. democrat controlled senate. compared with last week, bertha coombs where she was on the republican controlled house side. >> she still got tough questioning from both sides of the aisle. senate finance chairman max baucus, in fact, warning the secretary not to wait until the last minute if, in fact, there are signs that website will not be fully functional as promised by the end of this month. the republicans continue to hammer on the issue of plans that have been canceled and also on the issue of security both on the site and involving those in-person navigators not required to undergo federal screenings, here's senator cornyn. >> so a convicted felon could be a navigator and could acquire sensitive personal information from an individual unbeknownst to them? >> that is possible. we have contracts with the organizations and they have taken the responsibility to screen their individual navigators. >> reporter: secretary sebelius did not shed much light on just how much details she wo
this time the health and human service secretary kathleen sebelius went before the senate finance committee. democrat controlled senate. compared with last week, bertha coombs where she was on the republican controlled house side. >> she still got tough questioning from both sides of the aisle. senate finance chairman max baucus, in fact, warning the secretary not to wait until the last minute if, in fact, there are signs that website will not be fully functional as promised by the end of...
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in atlanta today, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius described a new world for those suffering from mental illness or substance abuse. >> imagine what it would mean if people felt as comfortable saying they were going for counseling as they do saying they're going for a flu shot or physical therapy. >> reporter: patients with broken bones or heart attack symptoms are routinely admitted to emergency rooms and insurers are contacted later. before today, patients reporting severe depression or suicidal tendencies often had to be approved by insurance companies before they were admitted. treatment could be delayed or coverage denied. now that disparity will no longer exist. the new rules are a result of obamacare and a 2008 law that called for mental health parity. they're also the last of 23 executive actions to reduce gun violence that president obama took when congress voted against stricter gun control legislation after the sandy hook school shooting. these new rules also forbid insurers from denying coverage for out-of-state treatment of mental illness or substance a
in atlanta today, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius described a new world for those suffering from mental illness or substance abuse. >> imagine what it would mean if people felt as comfortable saying they were going for counseling as they do saying they're going for a flu shot or physical therapy. >> reporter: patients with broken bones or heart attack symptoms are routinely admitted to emergency rooms and insurers are contacted later. before today, patients...
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sebelius. >> when health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testifies before the senate finance committee today she'll get tough questions. even from democrats. like chairman max baucus. this is what he told sebelius in april. >> i tell you, i just see a huge train wreck coming down. >> he may resist saying i told you so but republicans surely will not. tuesday on capitol hill, the obama administration finally made public how many people they are currently aiming to enroll in obama care. >> i think that we were looking at between october and november, i think that number was around 800,000. >> reporter: that's the goal. officials say 700,000 have signed up, though firm numbers won't be released until midmonth. >> how do you not know how many people have enrolled? >> chairman camp we'll have those numbers available mid-november. >> reporter: not soon enough for republicans. dave camp, the chairman of that committee issued a subpoena demanding data by this friday. ed -- the administration seems unlikely to comply. now the president is dealing with another health care heada
sebelius. >> when health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testifies before the senate finance committee today she'll get tough questions. even from democrats. like chairman max baucus. this is what he told sebelius in april. >> i tell you, i just see a huge train wreck coming down. >> he may resist saying i told you so but republicans surely will not. tuesday on capitol hill, the obama administration finally made public how many people they are currently aiming...
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problems with healthcare.gov getting another airing on capitol hill today when secretary kathleen sebelius testifies before a senate committee. president obama may field more questions when he attends a health care event in dallas. enrollment numbers for the site will be released next week. >>> and north of the border now. a bombshell has been dropped by the mayor of toronto. after being dogged by allegations for months, mayor rob ford has publicly admitted that he has smoked crack-cocaine. but despite intense pressure to step down, ford says he has no plans to resign. >> yes, i have smoked crack-cocaine. do i? am i an addict? no. have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stupors, approximately about a year ago. i have nothing left to hide. i would do anything, absolutely anything, to change the past. but the past is the past. and we must move forward. >> toronto law makes no provision for the mayor's forced removal from office unless he is convicted and jailed for a criminal offense. >>> the new jersey mall shattered by gun violence opens for business again this morning. workers at t
problems with healthcare.gov getting another airing on capitol hill today when secretary kathleen sebelius testifies before a senate committee. president obama may field more questions when he attends a health care event in dallas. enrollment numbers for the site will be released next week. >>> and north of the border now. a bombshell has been dropped by the mayor of toronto. after being dogged by allegations for months, mayor rob ford has publicly admitted that he has smoked...
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gerri: and so a big announcement from kathleen sebelius earlier today talking about adding mental-health. [laughter] so she says there should be parity between carriage of mental-health issues and physical ailments. if i break my arm sixth avenue i will see a doctor who wwll fix ann it is over. therapy is once a week over years. how do you make them the same? the cost is different. >> you talk to all major new crosstree already know that obamacare is basic plan is much more important one dash expensive than people thought. theyill continue to add benefits. if it ever gets off the ground. every american and once their own health plan. like kiwi be a society to pick and choose? why do we do one-size-fits-all? i do not the maternity care. [laughter] gerri: tell me something intelligent abt the mental health benefit i understan but psychiatrists do not work to work for this kind of money tat medicare and medicaid services do. >> that is between the metal kolff service with a lack ofccess. said it there are some elements like diabetes better chronicler better similar to a mental health so the
gerri: and so a big announcement from kathleen sebelius earlier today talking about adding mental-health. [laughter] so she says there should be parity between carriage of mental-health issues and physical ailments. if i break my arm sixth avenue i will see a doctor who wwll fix ann it is over. therapy is once a week over years. how do you make them the same? the cost is different. >> you talk to all major new crosstree already know that obamacare is basic plan is much more important one...
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health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is expected to make that announcement this morning opinion the new rules extend benefits to rehab and outpatient services. insurers have raised concerns that mental health treatments are sometimes lengthy. the administration said the rules won't significantly increase premiums, because only a small percentage of patients require higher levels of care. we spoke recently to patrick kennedy about his personal struggles with mental health. the former senator has now become the spokesperson for expanded coverage. >> when you consider how important it is that your brain functions well for the rest of your body to function well, why wouldn't we make the necessary investments to help your brain function better? >> advocates say this is a victory for people who have mental health issues who for years have said it isn't equal to other coverage. >> the president has apologized to americans who are losing their current health insurance plans. while he was touting his health care plan he said no one would have to give up their policies if they lik
health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is expected to make that announcement this morning opinion the new rules extend benefits to rehab and outpatient services. insurers have raised concerns that mental health treatments are sometimes lengthy. the administration said the rules won't significantly increase premiums, because only a small percentage of patients require higher levels of care. we spoke recently to patrick kennedy about his personal struggles with mental health. the...
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sebelius and all that coverage earned c.n.n. its lowest week. the ratings of the year yep last week c.n.n. averaged three hundred eighty five thousand viewers putting it not only behind imus and d.c. and fox but also h l n headline news and c n b c but you can't blame simmons editorial decision all the major cable news networks covered obamacare issues last week the only difference is republican and democrat partisans stuck to their own m s n b c and fox news camps to hunker down for the debate leaving c.n.n. behind without any viewers so what does this tell us c n n audiences which normally like watching hearings and trials just so long as they're blockbuster murder trials like casey anthony jodi areas for george zimmerman just don't like the partisan political hearings interestingly cnn's best night of last week was fried it when it covered the shooting at los angeles international airport so you can bet c.n.n. is already gearing up for the trial of the l.a.x. shooter and that does it for now for more on the stories we covered
sebelius and all that coverage earned c.n.n. its lowest week. the ratings of the year yep last week c.n.n. averaged three hundred eighty five thousand viewers putting it not only behind imus and d.c. and fox but also h l n headline news and c n b c but you can't blame simmons editorial decision all the major cable news networks covered obamacare issues last week the only difference is republican and democrat partisans stuck to their own m s n b c and fox news camps to hunker down for the debate...
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kathleen sebelius once again was in the hot seat. max baucus who heads up the senate finance committee where she sat down at the witness table yesterday, remember he helped write the law. the last time she was there, he referred to the affordable care act implementation as a potential train wreck. he said he was unhappy with it. but bill nelson, the democrat from florida, summed it up when he was talking about the contractors responsible for the affordable care act website. he said, quote, i want you to burn their fingers and make them pay for not being responsible. she would not agree to that. >> john cornyn actually -- this is the most incredible thing today. he actually -- john cornyn -- gets in there and says i have a simple question. the people that will have all of our information, which we're assuming might be at risk, is there a background check on them. listen to this conversation. >> isn't it true that there is no federal requirement for navigators to undergo a criminal background check even though they will receive persona
kathleen sebelius once again was in the hot seat. max baucus who heads up the senate finance committee where she sat down at the witness table yesterday, remember he helped write the law. the last time she was there, he referred to the affordable care act implementation as a potential train wreck. he said he was unhappy with it. but bill nelson, the democrat from florida, summed it up when he was talking about the contractors responsible for the affordable care act website. he said, quote, i...
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so the numbers we got from kathleen sebelius were slightly better in the states, but way below what the white house said they would be. greg, here is the future of the argument leading in to 2014 what bob said, he foreshadowed president obama did that as well came da, he said basically we wouldn't be having all these problems if republicans would have been more invested in making this work. listen. >> what was already going to be hard was operating within a very difficult political environment and we should have anticipated that that would create a rockier rollout than if democrats and republican were boast inveth inn success. one side is invested in failure and that makes i think the kind of iterative process of fixing glitches and fine tuning the law more challenging. >> you heard it, it's the republicans' fault. >> apparently he believes that one side sis invested in failur while the other side achieves failure. he had a conference call and you had to find a website to get on the conference call. turned out the website that you needed to get on also failed. so i'm wondering if they w
so the numbers we got from kathleen sebelius were slightly better in the states, but way below what the white house said they would be. greg, here is the future of the argument leading in to 2014 what bob said, he foreshadowed president obama did that as well came da, he said basically we wouldn't be having all these problems if republicans would have been more invested in making this work. listen. >> what was already going to be hard was operating within a very difficult political...
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in her testimony this week, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says the website's flaws make any early data unreliable. >> we do not have any reliable data around enrollment, which is why we haven't given it to date. >> reporter: her agency doesn't plan to issue its first report on enrollment figures until mid-november. but the first days overwhelmingly viewed as a disaster. a survey shows 80% of those polled have a negative impression of obama care implementation. just 14% say it's gone well, that the law has benefited them. but nearly one-quarter of americans say the affordable care act has caused them harm. steven portnoy, abc news, washington. >>> it's a major political headline overnight. did the president have second thoughts about joe biden. a new report claims the obama campaign thought of dumping biden for hillary clinton in the last election. bill daily says he did consider the idea. but decided it would not help the ticket. a top obama aide says there's no truth to the report. >>> america's most wanted fugitive has landed a job without any references fro
in her testimony this week, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says the website's flaws make any early data unreliable. >> we do not have any reliable data around enrollment, which is why we haven't given it to date. >> reporter: her agency doesn't plan to issue its first report on enrollment figures until mid-november. but the first days overwhelmingly viewed as a disaster. a survey shows 80% of those polled have a negative impression of obama care...
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neil: what do you think of your successor, kathleen sebelius, do you think she should go? >> i don't think that is up to me to say. neil: go ahead. >> no, no, she has a lot of problems and, i think you know, she needs to try to find a way to solv some of the problem. neil: but she is not, i am not trying to target her but she is in charge of department in charge of biggest rework. and fairly or not she botched it roll out either she was not prepared for it or they were not prepared with key i-t people or medical people, it is a sloppy debut, in private enterprise she would be out. >> yes, she would, when we rolled out part d he tested everything, week after week, any time we had a problem, we retested it, they just didn't do that. as a result they had a roll out that was not very nice. and solved -- or solved any of the problem. neil: that is putting it mildly, tommy thompson thank you, sir. >> neil thank you. neil: is it me or when you look at washington and politicians, if there plenty out there, they will find a way to spend it that is why president clinton a let'sist c
neil: what do you think of your successor, kathleen sebelius, do you think she should go? >> i don't think that is up to me to say. neil: go ahead. >> no, no, she has a lot of problems and, i think you know, she needs to try to find a way to solv some of the problem. neil: but she is not, i am not trying to target her but she is in charge of department in charge of biggest rework. and fairly or not she botched it roll out either she was not prepared for it or they were not prepared...
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that droery business was an 800 word fact sheet the inherent authority of kathleen sebelius and they will consider the impact of the transitional policy in assessing on whether to extend it beyond 2014. >> i am highly skeptical that they can do this administratively. i don't so in the law to do. that? it is a congressional bill. >> and the past summer the employer delayed the employer man date he can it by providing transitional relief to selected citizens in a law's implementation. but the original obama care law signed in law march 2010 provided for people to cope the plans they had as of that date. it was a rule issued by secretary sebelius that changed the ground rules for which plans was grandfathered in and that little noticed rule is what the president went back on and with every right to do so since it was executive branch rule. >> it was his secretary that created the problems that we have today. she through rule, secretary sebelius did not comply with the statute. >> we'll get more on the president's so- called fix on obama care. is it possible to implement it. joining me i
that droery business was an 800 word fact sheet the inherent authority of kathleen sebelius and they will consider the impact of the transitional policy in assessing on whether to extend it beyond 2014. >> i am highly skeptical that they can do this administratively. i don't so in the law to do. that? it is a congressional bill. >> and the past summer the employer delayed the employer man date he can it by providing transitional relief to selected citizens in a law's implementation....